Viable Schistosoma mansoni infection 41 years after last exposure-a case report of a loyal parasite

Staehelin, C.; Eichenberger, A.; Mookhoek, A.; Hoepner, R.; Münger, C.; Sidler, N.; ... ; Oberli, A. (2025)

Article / Letter to editor

Highlight: Schistosoma species may show extraordinary longevity, despite not replicating in human hosts. We present a case of active Schistosoma mansoni infection in a Swiss patient 41 years after her one and only possible exposure (swimming in Lake Kivu, Rwanda).

• Schistosoma mansoni
• chronic intestinal schistosomiasis
• chronic hepato-splenic schistosomiasis
• longevity
• traveller

• All authors: Staehelin, C.; Eichenberger, A.; Mookhoek, A.; Hoepner, R.; Münger, C.; Sidler, N.; Wammes, L.J.; Nickel, B.; Concu, M.; Neumayr, A.; Oberli, A.
• Date: 2025-11-14
• Journal: Journal of Travel Medicine
• Volume: 32
• Issue: 8
• DOI: doi:10.1093/jtm/taaf103